1“I have made a covenant with my eyes.
2For what is the allotment of God from above,
3Does not disaster come to the unjust
4Does He not see my ways
5If I have walked in falsehood
6let God weigh me with honest scales,
7If my steps have turned from the path,
8then may another eat what I have sown,
9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife,
10then may my own wife grind grain for another,
11For that would be a heinous crime,
12For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon;31:12 Abaddon means Destruction.
13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant
14what will I do when God rises to judge?
15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them?
16If I have denied the desires of the poor
17if I have eaten my morsel alone,
18though from my youth I reared him as would a father,
19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing,
20if his heart has not blessed me 31:20 Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me
21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless
22then may my arm fall from my shoulder
23For calamity from God terrifies me,
24If I have put my trust in gold
25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth
26if I have beheld the sun 31:26 Hebrew the light in its radiance
27so that my heart was secretly enticed
28this would also be an iniquity to be judged,
29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin,
30I have not allowed my mouth to sin
31if the men of my house have not said,
32but no stranger had to lodge on the street,
33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam 31:33 Or like men
34because I greatly feared the crowds
35(Oh, that I had one to hear me!
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder
37I would give account of all my steps;
38if my land cries out against me
39if I have devoured its produce without payment
40then let briers grow instead of wheat